IBM's Atlantic Sets Sail IBM's big update to its Rational software focuses on 'business-driven development' within the enterprise. The biggest change is the move to support the Unified UML 2.0 standard

IBM Eases ISV Reins IBM is easing restrictions on its Independant Software Vendor membership program, opening the door for more marketing and sales help for companies that make software based on IBM's middleware platform.

Point. Shoot. Kiss It Good-Bye. No matter how good software becomes at identifying photos based on what you do with them, that's just the beginning. The higher goal is to get a machine to do what people do without thinking about it: analyze what's in the picture.

Borland's Pitch: 'Software Delivery Optimization' As more software development companies find ways to simplify the application development process, Borland Software is unveiling a new software delivery optimization model built around that concept.

Microsoft Extends Visual Studio Line Microsoft announced another entry in its line of .NET development tools, adding Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition to the mix. Standard Edition combines the simplicity of the hobbyist Visual Studio Express products with richer features for building Smart Client and Web applications, along with the ability to build and deploy Web services.